Saturday, February 25, 2006

UPDATE: This link no longer works and was taken down here because CBS News made YouTube remove it so they could have it on their website complete with Wal-Mart ads in order to make money off this autistic kid. More on this when I get a chance to write something up.

We here at the M Zone don't normally post on weekends outside the college football season. But this story was something we had to share. It shows why sports can be so uplifting.

If you haven't heard already about Jason McElwain, you should. He's an autistic Greece, N.Y. high school student who served as the basketball team's manager but was allowed to suit up for the final game last week, then got into the game and then...

Why ruin it with words? Watch the video. You won't be disappointed. Hell, Wangs is still bawling like a baby.

15 comments:

1) I'm drunk.2) I like to be the asshole who makes fun of retarded people in sports, despite the fact that my uncle is a multiple time Gold Medal winner in the Special Olympics. Yeah, I'm that big of a dick.3) I hate feel good stories.

But seriously. That shit made me cry more than EIGHT BELOW did. Radio can suck that kid's balls.

i admit my first reaction was very similar to everyone else's- very emotional. however, does it make me a bad person if my second reaction was to think "damn- i wish WE could rain 3's like that in the last 4 minutes of a game???"

Okay, if this actually got to you MEN, I don't feel like such a dweeb for having tears streaming down my face right now.

I suppose this is all the more touching to me, as I have two borderline-autistic nephews. I often wonder what their lives are going to be like, especially their school years, where other children can be so cruel.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the way his team and community rallied around him. Okay, maybe people don't suck as much as I thought they did. Well, yeah.. they probably do, but just not ALL the time.

I think that's one of the reasons it touched me so much, too: because kids, especially of that age, can be so cruel. And to see him carried off the court on their shoulders at the end was one of the best sports moments I've witnessed in a long time.

As a jackass who makes retarded jokes when I've been drinking (or not drinking) as the case may be, that is one of the best "feel good" stories I've ever seen. I was so choked up about it and immediately felt bad about making jokes about tards. I know I'm going to hell for making and laughing at those kinds of jokes but apparently many of you will be joining me. Who's tending bar is my question? Great story. Ever better is that it immediately made me feel like complete shit.I am a changed man. No more "mentally challenged" jokes out of me ever again.

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